SlimDoggy App Reviews

What I would love from the developers of this app is the ability to set a goal and track progress towards it (ie Id like to walk my dog 4k at least 5x/week, and show me how many times Ive reached 4 k so far this week) and also the ability to add a comment/note to an activity or day. I know theres simply not enough data on the subject to figure out how many calories she was burning carrying a weighted pack, or pulling a weight in harness, but if I could leave myself a note mentioning those extras so I remember it was more than just a walk today, that would be great.

What a useful tool to help me manage my dogs weight. I never know how much to feed her and now I have a guide to keep me on point. Also- I can track calories by activity so I am able to adjust my daily feedings based on the activity level for that day. I have contacted the developer and it sounds like there are some amazing features coming as well. But this APP now if you have a dog!

Never occurred to us that there would be an app that could calculate calorie intake and calorie burn for my dogs. I now know that ive been overfeeding our rescue dog - just a little - and we now have her on an appropriate exercise program and feeding schedule - all thanks to this app. Everyone that has an animal should get this ..... You can track your dogs daily food and exercise and the app automatically tells you how many calories youve fed, and how many calories youve burned each day ..... Quite clever. Great new years resolution for you and your pet !

First, there’s a lot to like in this app. It uses the real vet formula to give you a more accurate estimate of your dogs daily caloric needs (none of the 2% bodyweight junk). The meal tracker needs some polishing, but it works okay with just a few bugs. I’ve been keeping track of my dog’s calorie intake with Soulver, but this app makes things much easier. The biggest problem is that the makers advertised it as ‘run keeper for dogs.’ It’s definitely not. The GPS is wildly inaccurate. A known 5.5 mile run showed up as a 3.4 mile run. Map My Run and RunKeeper both have little trouble getting an accurate distance and pace and giving me an accurate route map. SlimDoggy’s route map was just a mess of jagged lines criss-crossing my running route. Bad SlimDoggy! You can manually add workouts, but the extremely poor GPS performance still looses it a star. The rest of the app isn’t really intuitive to use. It took some fiddling to figure out how to add foods. They have lots of foods already loaded on the app, but the names of the food get cut off after a certain length. My dog’s food has a long name, so I had to manually enter it into the database with a shortened name. Also, trying to adjust the amount of food you’ve fed your dog in the app is buggy. It frequently will double add food, or just lose track of all the food I’d fed him that day and I have to re-enter everything. So the app loses another star. There’s ALOT of potential in this app. I’ll keep using it and hope it gets better.

I love this app for helping me keep track of what I feed my dogs -- treats included -- so that I dont inadvertently and unintentionally over- or under-feed my dogs. I can also keep track of their activity as long as I dont forget to do so.

Does not display well on the iPhone 6+.

I used to love this app. When I first downloaded it in the spring my puppy was just a few months old. Of course, he was not overweight but I appreciated being able to use this to track how many treats he had gotten, his total caloric intake, and estimated calories burned during various activities. I do not know if the two are connected but since downloading iOS 8, this app was been worthless. Ive tried deleting it from my phone and clearing all memory, then resetting. Ive looked for updates but nothing has fix the current bugs that render the app useless. A refund is in order considering the app just does not work at all. I cannot even enter in a weight of more than 5 pounds for my dog (hes 10 lb and that normal for his breed). Also, the gps during tracked activities does not work. These are just some of MANY issues. To developer: If you are going to charge for a more loaded version of your app then it is your responsibly to stay on top of all the bugs and keep it functioning properly for your users. I once enjoyed this app a lot but until the develop demonstrates some zeal in addressing its issues, I STRONGLY urge AGAINST downloading THIS APP.

I downloaded the app to track the weight loss program for our foster dog. The app is missing a few key selections, however. The app needs to provide additional increments for food. For example, our pup consumes 1/3 of a cup of food a day, but the only measuring selections available are 1/4 and 1/2. Also, 1/2 calorie increments are not calculated. The app needs note sections so I can track how he is eating and walking daily. He has level 2 luxating patellae and that should be available in the drop down menu under "Special Conditions." At the very least, it should allow me to enter his condition manually. Treats should be listed alongside dry and wet food in the "food" search by brand name. Thats it - I have my fingers crossed the developer reads feedback and updates with additional features. In the meantime, Ill be recommending the app to the other volunteers at our shelter.

I just got this in hope of monitoring my dogs kcal/day needs. While there are some really helpful tools, it does need some work. It would be nice when adding foods, instead of only being aloud to select Kcal/cup, it should also have kcal/kg and/or kcal/oz which is how its listed on many dog foods (at least the different ones I have gotten). You should also have a place within the app itself to send you suggestions. :) I really hope to see it improved! I found it really helpful in figuring out my dogs diet!

This app was always good for looking up nutrition for various dog foods, but was always buggy. Now they discontinued support for the "previous version" and ask you to download their "premium version for free for all users." Funny how I was charged $3 for the "free" update. Still the same old cruddy app - just collected twice for it.